Dar es Salaam — The Tanzanian government has decided to start charging an 18% Value Added Tax (VAT) on several tourist services from the 1st of July 2016.
Wouter Vergeer proprietor of SafariBookings.com, the largest online marketplace for African safaris last week said that they are being bombarded by emails from concerned clients that have received requests from their tour operators to pay an additional amount these range from hundreds to even thousands of dollars extra because of VAT now being applied to their Tanzanian safari.
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